Recent Articles in Building a Property Checklists

The planning system in England - all change?
Oct 7, 2020

You may have seen the headlines about the government’s pledge to make the most radical changes to the planning system in England since our modern way of deciding when people are allowed to build was set up in 1948. It’s certainly true that in the summer of 2020 there were so many announcements about planning that it’s been hard for the experts to keep up, let alone everyone else. So we’d thought we’d take a moment to clear up what has already happened – a lot – and what the government is proposing will happen – even more, but there’s some way to go before we get there.

Latest Government changes and consultations
Aug 12, 2020

Over the last few months there have been a huge amount of announcements coming from Government about the property market – and it isn’t easy to keep up with them all! These include, new rules which are coming into effect and suggestions, consultations about possible new rules. To help understand which is which, here are the key things to be aware of whether you are buying, selling, renting, letting, renovating or building a home.

Stamp Duty holiday due to Coronavirus
Jul 14, 2020

Last week the Government announced some temporary changes to the amount of Stamp Duty paid on property purchases and I was on BBC Radio 4 and LBC chatting about the changes and my thoughts on whether they were a good idea or not. Read my article for the full details.

Kate Faulkner on BBC Radio 4 You and Yours
Jun 30, 2020

This week I chatted with Miles Shipside from Rightmove on Radio 4 You and Yours about the property market. You can listen again to my interview and for some more information, here are my ‘notes’ for the interview.

Housing on BBC1's Your Money and Your Life
Jun 23, 2020

It was great to be invited onto the new BBC1’s Your Money and Your Life with one of my housing heroes, Matt Allwright and meeting the lovely Kym Marsh. As ever, we never seem to have enough time to take on some complex questions, but if you want the five minute version, you can view online here, or read my article.